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Genealogy Behind Bars: An Update, Kathrine C. Aydelott
Genealogy Behind Bars: An Update, Kathrine C. Aydelott
Faculty Publications
This brief essay is an update to “Genealogy Behind Bars: Professional Development Through Prisoner Requests: A Case Study,” in Genealogy and the Librarian: Perspectives on Research, Instruction, Outreach and Management, Carol Smallwood and Vera Gubnitskaia, eds. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2018, which see for context.
Zach S. Henderson Library Historical Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
Zach S. Henderson Library Historical Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
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This collection consists of various papers, records, and memorabilia of the Zach S. Henderson Library. Materials span 1933-2019, with the bulk of materials covering 1973-2004, and include accession and cataloging bound-volumes, circulation reports, annual reports, meeting minutes, committee papers, and promotional materials including audiovisual materials about the library.
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Queering The Library Of Congress, Carlos R. Fernandez
Queering The Library Of Congress, Carlos R. Fernandez
Works of the FIU Libraries
This poster will attempt to apply the techniques used in Queer Theory to explore library and information science’s use and misuse of library classification systems; and to examine how “queering” these philosophical categories can not only improve libraries, but also help change social constructs.
For millennia, philosophers, such as Plato and Aristotle, have used and expounded upon categories and systems of classification. Their purpose is to make research and the retrieval of information easier. Unfortunately, the rules used to categorize and catalog make information retrieval more challenging for some, due to social constructs such as heteronormality.
The importance of this …